Shirt.



. J. FIELDS.

SHIRT. APPLICATION FILED "0314,1917.

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ROBERT J. FIELDS, 0F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF T0 CHARLES C. FIELDS, OF BAL'I'I MORE, MARYLAND.

SHIRT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 20, 1918.

Application filed November 7, 1917. Serial No. 200,650.

To all (l /l0), it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT J. France, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improve; ments in Shirts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improve ments in shirts for men and boys.

An object of the invention is to provide ordinary shirts with means applicable to the lower part of the shirt, which will hold the said lower parts of the shirt from rising at the belt-band and pulling out of the trousers.

i shirt provided with the improvement constituting the present invention, is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure l is a front-view of a shirt to the lower edges of which two thigh-bands are applied.

Fig. 2 is a back view of the lower part of a shirt and showing the thigh-band feature of the present invention, the same being in closed position to hold the shirt down.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the lower parts ofa shirt; in this case the thigh-bands are in the unfastened position.

Fig. l is a bottom View of one of the thigh-bands and binding.

In the present instance, the shirt shown in the drawing for the purpose of illustrating the invention,is of the type called acoat shirt because at the front it has a central vertical opening from the neck-band to the bottom edge of the shirt. But it is to be understood this particular type or style of shirt is unimportant and other styles of shirts may have the present improvement applied just as well.

The shirt back 5, has at its lowermost part and midway between the two side edges :1. portion of the fabric out awe and removed to form an inverted-V note 6. The edge of the notch has a binding 7. The shirt front, 8, has at its lowermost part and midway of lhe two side edges. .ra a depending apron, 9; this formation of shirt apron at the center is produced by cutting a right-angled piece of fabric and removing same from the front of the two side edges and at the bottom, which cutting leaves two right-angled notches, 10, one being at each lowermost corner.

on a larger scale The particular style of shirt shown in the drawing has at the front a central vertical opening, 11, extending to the bottom-edge of the shirt, said vertical opening or slit divides the short apron, 9, at its middle; in Fig. 3 one half of the apron 9, is shown hanging down and the other half is shown turned upward.

A woven fabric stay strap or binding, 12, is sewed to the bottom edge of the shirtback 5, and said binding extends around to the edge of the right-angled notches, 10, at the front to which said binding is also sewed. This produces two bindings, 12, one at the outer side of each hip of the wearer; each binding has two terminal ends, or tabs, 13, each being provided with two button-holes, 14, separated by a longitudinal space 15.

An elastic thigh-band, 16, has its two ends suitably connected with the two terminal ends, or tabs, 13, of the binding 12. Preferably the means for eflecting this connection should be such as will permit the. thighbands to be readily disconnected. In the present instance each tab-end 13 is folded at the separating space, 15, so as to bring the two button-holes, 14, into coincidence one tab-end is then slipped through a coupling link, 17, which is attached to one end of the'thigh-band 16, see Fig. 4, and the tabend folded flat, then a shanked button, 18, is slipped through both holes, 14, on the tab; by this action the tab, 13, forms a loop, 19, that connects with said link, 17. The other end of the thighband, 16, is similarly fastened to the binding, 12, except that this last mentioned end of the band should be arranged to permit adjustment that will cause the thigh-band to fit around the persons thigh as loosely or tightly as he may desire. Any well-known kind of buckle will serve this purpose.

The shirt is put on the person over an undershirt, and the two binding bands, 12, will take position just below the two hip-joints of the person; then each thigh-band of the shirt will be placed in position at the inner side of the persons thigh, and said hands be properly fastened to the binding hands. When the lower part of the shirt is tucked into the top of the trousers this thig -band device will prevent the shirt from working upward or-pulling out. 

